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In light of the recent murders of Black people across the country, activists and organizers in the city of Boston have renewed calls for residents to take the streets back and voice their unrest. These past two weeks have seen a resurgence of rage following the circulation of videos showing summary executions of African Americans. Organizers in Boston wasted little time in joining the chorus of dissent, having for the past week hosted community events pertaining to these injustices every day.

In cooperation with Crna Luknja, the anarchist radio show on Radio Student in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, we produced the following interview on the ongoing struggle against the attempted eviction of Rog, a former bicycle factory and an active squat for 10 years now. The interview focuses on the resistance against the attempts of eviction by the city as well as Nazi attacks and also on the political framework right now in Slovenia.

Boston, June 23: 26 people were arrested for disrupting cement pouring for Spectra's West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline. The blockade was organized by Resist the Pipeline. The pipeline, if completed, will carry highly flammable gas through a densely populated neighborhood of people of color.

Corporate media outlets are reporting that thousands of members of the Boston Teachers Union walked out Friday to protest school budget cuts and contract concessions demanded by the school department. The protest follows two student walkouts, also in protest of budget cuts.